Bad Love an Alpha’s Regret by Elise Sinclair

Chapter 270

I’m glad to climb back into the safety of the SUV with James after leaving the meeting with Ryker.

There wasn’t much left to say after Ryker made his ultimatum. He’s not going to help me get the Al tech back, not if it means moving against his mate.

I know I should heed his warning.

No one in their right mind pits themselves against the Old

Country Wolves and expects to survive.

But the tech–and whatever damage it might do is my

responsibility.

My family built it, and my family lost it.

No matter the cost, I have to get it back. Then decide whether to hand it over to the military like it was supposed to be, or destroy it and tell the military that the project failed.

“This isn’t good, Leah,” James says once we start driving.

“Tell me about it,” I mutter despondently. “But it doesn’t change things.”

“It doesn’t?” James says incredulously. “Leah, you heard Ryker. If you go after Karolina, he will come for you. Even Aaron was smart enough not to cross the Old Country Wolves.”

“In the past, maybe,” I reply, ignoring the tightness in my chest and the tears that prick my eyes. “But if he was here now, I know he’d be thinking about doing exactly that.”

God, I wish Aaron was here right now.

My entire body aches with wanting my mate.

My heart and soul are in agony, wounded in a way I know I’m never going to recover from. Not until I meet Aaron again in the next life.

“Things are different now,” I keep going, shoving all those

feelings down to be dealt with later when I can be alone. “The

too high. We can’t just wash our hands of this Al tech and be done with it. We have to get it back. Could

live with yourself if the tech

millions–of

if whoever has it started turning

to eliminate rival packs? Would you still be able

mirror and not

deaths?”

right. I couldn’t live with that. So

we going to

“We’ll just have to

spend a few minutes

me. “Is there a way to track Karolina’s car? Or better yet,

look happy about my idea, but then again, he hasn’t looked happy

not that

Good.

like I’m

knows where the missing tech

check on it–or, god

go

1. it.

her movements for a few days or weeks should give us a good idea of all the places she goes to,

out those places ourselves and see

us anywhere.

time we get back

we go

soundly in his crib across

into Aaron’s room, then

don’t linger. I just want to wash the day away before

the middle, dragging the blankets

pillows.

can still catch the faintest hint of Aaron’s scent and

day soon it’ll be gone, just like he’s

distant future, I won’t even remember what he